The Battle of Malazgirt was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War 1, in 1915, in which the Ottoman Turks defeated the Russians. The battle was part of a Turkish counterattack against the Russians in the Lake Van area (which the Russians had occupied in May 1915). Combatants Ottoman Empire Russian Empire, First Republic of Armenia Commanders Enver Pasha, Vehip Pasha, Kerim Pasha, Mustafa Kemal Nikolai Yudenich The Caucasus Campaign was fought from 1914 until 1918 in the Caucasus during World War I between the Russian Empire a member of the Allied Powers and the Ottoman Empire... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Söğüt (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), İstanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl... Combatants Ottoman Empire Russian Empire, First Republic of Armenia Commanders Enver Pasha, Vehip Pasha, Kerim Pasha, Mustafa Kemal Nikolai Yudenich The Caucasus Campaign was fought from 1914 until 1918 in the Caucasus during World War I between the Russian Empire a member of the Allied Powers and the Ottoman Empire... Combatants Russia Ottoman Empire Commanders General Vorontsov General Yudenich Enver Pasha Strength 100,000 90,000 (plus aprox. ... The Battle of Kara Killisse was a battle of World War 1 Which took place in the town of Kara Killisse in 1915. ... Background by April 1915, the Armenians had already donated their grains, their food, their warehouse supplies, money and men to the Ottoman war effort. ... Combatants Russia Ottoman Empire Commanders Nikolai Yudenich Karim Pasha Strength Russian Caucasus Army Turkish Third Army Casualties ? 25,000 dead or wounded, 9,000 prisoners The Erzurum Campaign was a modest Russian victory over the Turks along the Caucasus Front during World War I. the Erzurum campaign is often known... Combatants Russia Ottoman Empire Commanders Nikolai Yudenich Vehip Pasha Strength Russian Caucasus Army Turkish Third Army Casualties ? 34,000 The Battle of Erzincan was a Russian victory over the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. ... In violation of the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, Turkish Nationalist troops under the command of Kemal Atatürk crossed the border in 1918 and attacked Alexandropol (Leninakan). ... Combatants Ottoman Empire Russian Empire, First Republic of Armenia Commanders Enver Pasha, Vehip Pasha, Kerim Pasha, Mustafa Kemal Nikolai Yudenich The Caucasus Campaign was fought from 1914 until 1918 in the Caucasus during World War I between the Russian Empire a member of the Allied Powers and the Ottoman Empire... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ottoman (in Turkish Osmanlı) may refer to: Look up Ottoman and ottoman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

After occupying the city of Van in May, the Russians moved their main army to the fortress town of Malazgirt. The Russians were preparing for an offensive into the Turkish heartland and Malazgirt was the perfect location to launch it from^{[citation needed]}. The Turks were determined to strike at the Russians before they could lanch their offensive, so on July 23 the Turks began a bombardment of the town. On July 26 the Russians launched an infantry assault on the Turkish positions outside Malazgirt, but were repulsed. Between July 28th and 30th the Turks launched assaults on the Russians in the town, but the attacks were beaten off by Russian machine gun fire. The Turks finally took the Fortress of Malazgirt on August 1 and so the Russians retreated from the town. Turkish cavalry harassed the retreating Russian forces, capturing or destroying all the Russian transport.

The battle of Malazgirt allowed the Ottoman army to return to the Lake Van area. The Turks suffered about 6,000^{[citation needed]} casualties at Malazgirt and the Russians 7,000 ^{[citation needed]}. Lake Van from space, September 1996 Lake Van Landsat photo Lake Van (Turkish: Van Gölü, in Armenian: ÕŽÕ¡Õ¶Õ¡ Õ¬Õ«Õ³) is the largest lake in Turkey, located in the far east of the country. ...

Falls, Cyril The Great War (1960) pg. 159. Note: Falls claims the Ottoman army enjoyed "fivefold superiority" in numbers at this battle. Other numbers are conjectural.